Historical Events In March - 13

1855  On March - 13 percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)   

1858  On March - 13 maximilien Luce, French painter   

1859  John Brown 1800-1859 brings first black slaves to Canada from the US via the Underground Railway; he is later made famous in a song, John Brown's Body, about a raid he made on Harper's Ferry, Virginia on this day in history.   

1859  Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history the birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer   

1861  On March - 13 jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

1862  On this day in history vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer   

1865  US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

1868  Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial   

1869  Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law on March - 13.   

1872  Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist on March - 13.   

1875  Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane) on March - 13.   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match on this day in history.   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match on March - 13.   

1879  On this day in history adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60   

1881  In Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government on March - 13.   

1881  On March - 13 balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer   

1881  On March - 13 alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62   

1883  Enrico Toselli, composer on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history siege of Khartoum Sudan begins   

1884  On March - 13 the birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist   

1884  US adopts Standard Time on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit)   

1885  In Victoria British Columbia, the Legislature passes Chinese Restriction; bans entry of Chinese immigrants, later ruled unconstitutional on this day in history.   

1886  Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist on March - 13.   

1887  On March - 13 chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs   

1887  Carlos Isamitt, composer on this day in history.   

1888  Great Blizzard of 1888 rages on this day in history.   

1890  Michael Taube, composer on this day in history.   

1890  Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 13 alec Rowley, composer   

1894  J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate on March - 13.   

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1372  On March - 13 birth of louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)   

1548  On this day in history birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.   

1615  On this day in history birth of innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)   

1683  On March - 13 birth of john Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)   

1696  On this day in history birth of louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal   

1700  On this day in history birth of james Kent, composer   

1700  On this day in history birth of michel Blavet, composer   

1202  On March - 13 mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies   

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on this day in history.   

1395  On this day in history death of john Barbour, Scottish poet   

1516  On this day in history vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60   

1558  Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on this day in history.   

1569  Lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies on March - 13.   

1573  On this day in history death of michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman   

1604  On March - 13 death of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)